In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MONOPODIALLY
Etymology
Adverb
monopodially (not comparable)
By means of a monopodium
Source: Wiktionary
MONOPODIAL
Mon`o*po"di*al, a. (Bot.)
Definition: Having a monopodium or a single and continuous axis, as a birchen twig or a cornstalk.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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